Alexandra Stewart, JD

Alexandra Stewart is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Health Policy.

• Phone: (202) 530-2331
• Fax: (202) 296-0025
• Email: stewarta@gwu.edu

A researcher with extensive experience managing projects, developing analysis instruments and creating databases, Professor Stewart is an expert in immunization policy and law. She is Director of the Department's Epidemiology of U.S. Immunization Law project, a CDC-supported initiative that conducts research and provides technical assistance to improve standards for immunization coverage and performance in children and adults. This project produced the largest single legal analysis of immunization policy ever undertaken and contributed to the development of essential tools for public health practice and policy. Professor Stewart has also drafted a number of model statutes related to immunization.

Professor Stewart has also reviewed issues related to the community integration of individuals with disabilities and analyzed civil rights complaints for the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to coming to GW in 1999, Professor Stewart was a law clerk for the Legal Ethics Committee of the District of Columbia Bar.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Sociology), Trinity College, 1996
Juris Doctor, The George Washington University Law School

Teaching

PubH 209-Vaccine Policy, Department of Health Policy

Research

Professor Stewart's has two primary research interests: 1) the intersection of immunization law and policy, and how law can support public health goals related to vaccination; and 2) the community integration of persons with disabilities and the Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C, which interpreted the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Departments

• Health Policy

Institutes & Centers

• Center for Health Policy Research

Research Activities

• Immunization Law and Policy

Publications

• An overview of HIPAA simplification: implications for Medicaid and SCHIP coverage and payment policies of preventive and developmental services for young children.
  Rosenbaum S, Markus A, Stewart A, Cox M. An overview of HIPAA simplification: implications for Medicaid and SCHIP coverage and payment policies of preventive and developmental services for young children. New York: The Commonwealth Fund; 2005 Feb.
• Long-term care residents' right to refuse immunizations.
  Stewart A, Younger K, Cox M, Rosenbaum S. Long-term care residents' right to refuse immunizations, Atlanta (GA): National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004 Sep.
• EMTALA on-call specialist regulations: implications for hospital emergencies involving persons with mental illness and addiction disorders.
  Rosenbaum S, Stewart A, Younger K. EMTALA on-call specialist regulations: implications for hospital emergencies involving persons with mental illness and addiction disorders. Washington: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (US); 2004 Aug.
• The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: immunization requirements for staff and residents of long-term care facilities under state laws/regulations.
  Stewart A, Cox M, Rosenbaum S. The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: immunization requirements for staff and residents of long-term care facilities under state laws/regulations. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2004 Jun.
• Beyond Olmstead and toward community integration: measuring progress and change.
  Stewart A, Cox M, Teitelbaum J, Rosenbaum S. Resource paper. Beyond Olmstead and toward community integration: measuring progress and change. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2003 Dec.
• The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: a national study for The National Immunizations Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medicaid Coverage of Immunizations for Non-Institutionalized Adults.
  Rosenbaum S, Stewart A, Cox M, Lee A. The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: a national study for The National Immunizations Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medicaid Coverage of Immunizations for Non-Institutionalized Adults. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003 Nov.
• The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: mandated coverage of immunizations under state health insurance.
  Rosenbaum S, Stewart A, Cox M, Mitchell S. The epidemiology of U.S. immunization law: mandated coverage of immunizations under state health insurance. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003 Jul.
• Review of the literature regarding community integration: services necessary for individuals with disabilities to live in their own homes.
  Cox M, Stewart A, Rosenbaum S. Review of the literature regarding community integration: services necessary for individuals with disabilities to live in their own homes. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2003 May.
• Working paper. Implementing community integration: a review of state Olmstead plans.
  Stewart A, Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J. Working paper. Implementing community integration: a review of state Olmstead plans. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2002 Sep.
• Working paper. Negotiating the new health system: findings from a nationwide study of Medicaid primary care case management contracts.
  Rosenbaum S, Stewart A, Sonosky C. Working paper. Negotiating the new health system: findings from a nationwide study of Medicaid primary care case management contracts. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2002 May.
• Working paper. The Americans with Disabilities Act and community integration: understanding the concept of "fundamental alteration".
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J, Stewart A. Working paper. The Americans with Disabilities Act and community integration: understanding the concept of "fundamental alteration". Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2002 May.
• Working paper. Defining "reasonable pace" in the post-Olmstead environment.
  Rosenbaum S, Stewart A, Teitelbaum J. Working paper. Defining "reasonable pace" in the post-Olmstead environment. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2002 Apr.
• Working paper. An analysis of Olmstead complaints: implications for policy and long-term planning.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J, Stewart A. Working paper. An analysis of Olmstead complaints: implications for policy and long-term planning. Princeton (NJ): Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.; 2001 Dec.
• Olmstead v. L.C.: implications for Medicaid and other publicly funded health services.
  Rosenbaum S, Teitelbaum J, Stewart A. Olmstead v. L.C.: implications for Medicaid and other publicly funded health services. Health Matrix 2002;12(1):93-138.